hydrogen bond

English

Noun

hydrogen bond (plural hydrogen bonds)

(chemistry) A weak bond in which a hydrogen atom in one molecule is attracted to an electronegative atom (usually nitrogen or oxygen) in the same or different molecule.

Hypernyms

intermolecular force

Translations

weak bond

Czech: vodíkový můstek m
Finnish: vetysidos (fi)
Hindi: उदजन बंध (udjan bandh)
Icelandic: vetnistengi n, vatnsefnistengi n, vetnistengsl n pl

Korean: 수소결합 (ko) (水素結合, susogyeolhap)
Malay: ikatan hidrogen
Swedish: vätebindning (sv) c

Verb

hydrogen bond (third-person singular simple present hydrogen bonds, present participle hydrogen bonding, simple past and past participle hydrogen bonded)

(chemistry) To bond to another species by means of hydrogen bonds. E.g. Water hydrogen bonds with itself.

See also

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